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Cap. 143A
International Arbitration
1995 Ed.
whole or any part of the period up to the date of payment.

(5) All orders or directions made or given by an arbitral tribunal in the course of an arbitration shall, by leave of the High Court or a Judge thereof, be enforceable in the same manner as if they were orders made by a court and, where leave is so given, judgment may be entered in terms of the order or direction.

(6) The High Court or a Judge thereof shall have, for the purpose of and in relation to an arbitration to which this Part applies, the same power of making orders in respect of any of the matters set out in subsection (1) as it has for the purpose of and in relation to an action or matter in the court.

Witnesses may be summoned by subponea 13. Any party to an arbitration agreement may take out a writ of subpoena ad testificandum or a writ of subpoena duces tecum, but no person shall be compelled under any such writ to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.

Power to compel attendance of witness. 14.—(1) The High Court or a Judge thereof may order that a writ of subpoena ad testificandum or a writ of sub­ poena duces tecum shall issue to compel the attendance before an arbitral tribunal of a witness wherever he may be within Singapore.

(2) The High Court or a Judge thereof may also issue an order under section 27 of the Prisons ActCap. 247. to bring up a prisoner for examination before an arbitral tribunal.

Settlement or resolution of dispute otherwise than in accordance with Model Law. 15. If the parties to an arbitration agreement have (whether in the arbitration agreement or in any other document in writing) agreed that any dispute that has arisen or may arise between them is to be settled or resolved otherwise than in accordance with this Part or the Model Law, this Part and the Model Law shall not apply in relation to the settlement or resolution of that dispute.

Appointment of conciliator.

16.—(1) In any case where an agreement provides for the appointment of a conciliator by a person who is not one of the parties and that person refuses to make the appointment or does not make it within the time specified in the agreement or, if no time is so specified, within a reasonable